On Your Behalf Episodes Episode guide
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Electrical Storms
Can physicists explain electrical storms? Why are mosquitoes increasing in numbers?
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Do Ants Sleep?
What happened to George Bernard Shaw's bequest to promote the reform of English spelling?
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The Effects of Coffee
What are the long term effects of coffee? Why was the Irish potato famine so deadly?
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Esperanto
Is Aids a disease or a syndrome? Why is the Houses of Parliament's clock called Big Ben?
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Five Pound Note
What is a five pound note worth? Could antisense gene therapy cure cancer?
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Sylvia the Arctic Tern
Can genetic coding cure short-sightedness? Do boomerangs really come back?
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Postcodes
Can anything travel faster than light? Does water divining work?
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The Doomsday Comet
What became of the "doomsday comet"? What is the life cycle of the bumble bee?
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Apes Under Threat
How do ships use lights for navigation? Has the Turin Shroud been accurately dated?
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Left Handed Pianos
Do left handed pianos exist? Who were the first diplomats?
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The Origin of Pounds
Where do pounds come from? How much is a billion? Why don't birds collide?
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Sixes and Sevens
What is the origin of "sixes and sevens"? Why do Australians call British people "poms"?
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What is a Tory?
Why are British Conservatives called Tories? Is there any real evidence of alien life?
